Slate-frame.



SLTE.l FRAME.

(Application mad June so, 1899.)

' (No Modl.)

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Narren STATES PATENT "einen MARY A. VILLIAMS, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

sLATe-r'RAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,177, dated February 13, 1900.

Application filed June 30,1899. Serial No. 722,424. (No model.)

With this object in view the invention con- 1 sists of the details of construction, combination, andarrangement of parts,as will be hereinafterfully described, and the novel features thereof delined in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan View of a folding slate embodying my invention, the slate being open. Fig. 2 is a transverse seetion through the slate and frame folded. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the pencil-clip detached.

- Similar reference-numerals indicate si milar parts in the several figures.

The Slm-,es are indicated by 1, and each is secured in a frame of wood or other suitable material in any ordinary well-known manner, and the two frames are hinged together, preferably by a strip of textile fabric, (indicated by 6,) and preferably the outer edges of the frames will be covered with similar fabric, as indicated byi?, all of which is usual and common in folding slates.

As shown in the drawings, each of the side pieces 2 of the frames is provided with a longitudinally-extending,r groove or recess, preferably semicircular in cross-section and of such depth, length, and width that a pencil may lie therein to approximately half its thickness. In one of the recesses 3 in each frame I secure a clip 4. These 'clips are preferably made of resilient sheet metal bent to semicircular form to fit snugly in the recesses, and each is provided with a perforation 5 for the passage cfa small nail 8 or other similar securing device, by means of which the clip is secured to the frame. W'hen in position, the sides of the clip will extend slightly above the sides of the recess and be bent inwardly toward each other, as indicated by 9.v The recesses are so arranged that when the frames are folded together the recesses will register and thus form two elongated cylindrical pockets, and the clips will be so arranged that when the frames are closed there will be one clip in each cylindrical pocket. Preferably the pockets will be of different diameters, in order that a slate-pencil may be held in one and a lead-pencil, which is usually thicker than a slate-pencil, in the other; but this is not essential, as the dimensions-of the pockets may be varied to suit requirements.

The pencils (indicated by l0) can be easily inserted in the spring-clips, and when the frames are folded together the sides of the recesses which do not carry the clips will 4engage the turned-in portions 9 of such clips and press theln rmly against the pencil, and thus securely clamp the latter in the clip and prevent it from moving endwise in the pocket. The point of the pencil willnot, therefore, be liable to get broken, as it would if the pencil were not securely held against end movement, and a short pencil can be as securely held in the pocket as a long one.

It is to be understood that changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minor details of construction Within the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

lf desired, in connection with a single slate there may formed a single groove of a depth somewhat less than the diameter of the pencil to be held, and in which groove may be fixed two clips, which it will be found will effectively hold the pencil, and in which event the clips would be disposed, preferably, to divide the groove into thirds.

Having described the invention, I clai 1n l. The combination with a pair of slateframes hinged together to fold one upon the other, each frame having a recess in one of its sides and said recesses registering when the frames are folded and forming a pencilreceiving pocket, of a resilient sheet-metal clip bent to semicircular form and secured in the recess of one of the frames, with its sides projecting outwardly beyond the sides of the recess to be engaged by the sides of the recess in the other frame, when the frames are folded together, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

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2. The combination With a pair of slateframes hinged together to fold one upon the other, each frame having a recess in one of its sides and said recesses registering when the frames are folded and forming a pencilreceiving pocket, of a resilient sheet-metal clip bent to semicircular form and secured in the recess of one of the frames to receive the pencil, the sides of said clip extending ontwardly beyond the sides of the recess in which it is secured and being bent inwardly toward each other, whereby when the frames are folded together the sides of the registering recess Will engage the bent-in ends of the clip and press them upon the pencil in the clip, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination with a slate and the MARY A. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

D. E. WHEELER, N. Q. TANQUERY. 

